Ice Spring

The Ice Spring^{[note 1]} is a gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a variation of the Spring which can only be used once.

Description

The Ice Springs resemble the early Springs, being circular panels with a spring underneath each of them. As their name implies, the Ice Springs are made entirely of light blue ice.

Overview

In the gameplay of Sonic Mania, and its expansion Sonic Mania Plus, the Ice Spring works exactly like any other Spring in the game and is used in the same manner, although it does not offer a very high bounce in many cases. What distinguishes this Spring however, is that after using it once, it will disintegrate into nothing, making it unusable. Also, the playable character will also retain his Spin Attack state should he use the Spring in this state.

Ice Springs are only encountered in Press Garden Zone Act 2. In some cases, they are encased in ice blocks, which must be shattered before they become usable. Also, their fragility are in some cases used to make them one-time blockades for paths the player can pass through.

Notes

↑ While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the PC release of Sonic Mania refers to this object as "IceSpring".

Springs

Objects & gimmicks	Blue spring \| Bumper wall \| Color Panel \| Flip Platform \| Hyper-Spring \| Ice Spring \| Jump Panel \| Mobile spring \| Planetoid Spring \| Pogo Spring \| Propeller Spring \| Special Spring \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Support Spring \| Thorn Spring \| Trap Spring \| Wide spring
Enemies with Springs	Bata-Pyon \| Boing-o-Bot \| Egg Fighter: Knight \| Egg Fighter: Shield \| Frogger \| Great Bane Motora Gold \| Spiker \| Splats \| Spring Beetle

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic the Hedgehog (Super Sonic) \| Miles "Tails" Prower (Super Tails) \| Knuckles the Echidna (Super Knuckles) \| Mighty the Armadillo* (Super Mighty)* \| Ray the Flying Squirrel* (Super Ray)*
Non-playable characters		Dr. Eggman \| Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy King, Heavy Gunner, Heavy Shinobi, Heavy Magician, Heavy Rider) \| Phantom Heavies (Phantom King, Phantom Gunner, Phantom Shinobi, Phantom Magician, Phantom Rider) \| Metal Sonic (Giga Metal) \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Locky, Micky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky, Tocky, Wocky) \| Jimmy
Zones		Angel Island Zone* \| Green Hill Zone \| Chemical Plant Zone \| Studiopolis Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Press Garden Zone \| Stardust Speedway Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Mirage Saloon Zone \| Oil Ocean Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Metallic Madness Zone \| Titanic Monarch Zone \| Egg Reverie Zone \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage \| Pinball Stage*
Enemies		Armadiloid \| Aquis \| Asteron \| Ball Hog \| Batbrain \| Blaster \| Blastoid \| Bloominator* \| Bugernaut \| Bumpalo \| Buzz Bomber \| Cactula \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Crabmeat \| Dango \| Dragonfly \| Eggrobo \| Fireworm \| Flasher mk.II \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Hotaru \| IceBomba \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Jellygnite \| Juggle Saw \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Madmole \| Matryoshka-Bom \| Mega Chopper \| Mic Drop \| Monkey Dude* \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Octus \| Pointdexter \| Rattlekiller \| Rexon \| RhinoBot* \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Roller mk.II \| Scarab \| Sentry Bug \| Shutterbug \| Silver Sonic \| Spiny \| Splats \| Sweep \| Technosqueek \| Toxomister \| Tubinaut \| Turbo Spiker \| Turbo Turtle \| Vultron \| Wall Crawl \| Woodrow
Bosses	Mini-bosses	DD Wrecker \| Amoeba Droid \| Heavy Gunner \| Big Squeeze \| Shiversaw \| Hotaru Hi-Watt \| Dive Eggman \| Uber Caterkiller \| Meter Droid \| Drillerdroid \| Egg Pistons mk.II \| Crimson Eye
Bosses	Zone bosses	Death Egg Robot \| Mean Bean Machine \| Weather Globe \| Spider Mobile \| Heavy Shinobi \| Metal Sonic \| Laundro-Mobile \| Heavy Magician \| Mega Octus \| Heavy Rider \| Heavy King \| Gachapandora \| Phantom Egg \| Phantom King and Klepto Mobile
Moves/Techniques		Air Glide* \| Bounce Jump \| Climb \| Double Jump \| Drop Dash \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Hammer Drop* \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Ring Spark Field \| Spin Attack \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Super Peel Out \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Beanstalk \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bungee Rope \| Bumper wall \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Electrical conduit \| Fan \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spikes \| Spring \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Objects		Air Bubble \| Capsule \| Chaos Emerald \| Giant Ring \| Giant spear \| Item Box (1-UP, Blue Shield, Bubble Shield, Character, Hyper Ring, Eggman Mark, Fire Shield, Invincible, Lightning Shield, Player Swap, Power Sneakers, Random, S, Super Ring) \| Little Planet flowers \| Master Emerald \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Medallion \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Schrodinger's Capsule \| Sphere \| Star Circle \| Star Post \| Time Warp Plate \| UFO \| Warp Point
Music		Sonic Mania (vinyl album) \| Sonic Mania Original Soundtrack (Selected Edition) \| Sonic Mania Plus Original Soundtrack
Other		Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Continue \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Egg Mobile \| Freeze \| Hang Glider \| Klepto Mobile \| Level Select \| Little Planet \| Mega Mack \| Perfect Bonus \| Phantom Ruby \| Rock Drill \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Mania Adventures (Sonic Returns, Sonic and Tails, & Knuckles, Mighty and Ray, Metal Mayhem, From: A. Rose, The Complete Mini-Series) \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Tornado \| Winding Tunnel Appears in Sonic Mania Plus* only

[0] While not listed in any instruction manuals, the internal files in the PC release of Sonic Mania refers to this object as "IceSpring".

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Description

Overview

Notes